拂

See also: 払

拂	U+62C2, 拂 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-62C2

← 拁
[U+62C1]

CJK Unified Ideographs

拃 →
[U+62C3]

Translingual

Han character

拂 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 手中中弓 (QLLN), four-corner 5502₇, composition ⿰扌弗)

Derived characters

𦲫, 𫂅

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 424, character 14
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11936
Dae Jaweon: page 772, character 11
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1859, character 4
Unihan data for U+62C2

Chinese

simp. and trad.		拂

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (弗) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
鄪	*prɯds
費	prɯds, pʰɯds, *bɯds
砩	*pads
沸	*pɯds
疿	*pɯds
茀	pɯds, pʰɯd
髴	pʰɯds, pɯd, *pʰɯd
昲	*pʰɯds
靅	*pʰɯds
狒	*buds
怫	bɯds, bɯd
胇	*brɯd
艴	bɯːd, pʰɯd
弗	*pɯd
紼	*pɯd
柫	*pɯd
笰	*pɯd
拂	*pʰɯd
刜	pʰɯd, bɯd
彿	*pʰɯd
佛	*bɯd
坲	*bɯd
咈	*bɯd
炥	*bɯd

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *pʰɯd): semantic 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 弗 (OC *pɯd).

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fú (fu²)

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fat¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fin
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hut

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fú
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fú
  - Wade–Giles: fu²
  - Yale: fú
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fwu
  - Palladius: фу (fu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: fat¹
  - Yale: fāt
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fat⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: fed¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐt̚⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fin
  - Hakka Romanization System: fin
  - Hagfa Pinyim: fin⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /fin⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hut
  - Tâi-lô: hut
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hud
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hut̚³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hut̚⁵/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hut̚³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hut̚³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hut̚³²/

Middle Chinese: phjut

Rime
Character	拂
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	滂 (2)
Final (韻)	物 (60)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	敷勿切
Baxter	phjut
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pʰɨut̚/
Pan Wuyun	/pʰiut̚/
Shao Rongfen	/pʰiuət̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pʰut̚/
Li Rong	/pʰiuət̚/
Wang Li	/pʰĭuət̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/pʰi̯uət̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fat¹

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*pʰ[u]t/

(Zhengzhang): /*pʰɯd/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	拂
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	fú
Middle Chinese	‹ phjut ›
Old Chinese	/*pʰ[u]t/
English	to brush, shake
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	拂
Reading #	1/1
No.	3318
Phonetic component	弗
Rime group	物
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*pʰɯd/

Definitions

拂

to stroke; to touch lightly
to flick; to whisk; to brush off
to sweep
duster
(literary) to go against; to run counter to; to defy

Compounds

吹拂 (chuīfú)
拂塵 / 拂尘 (fúchén)
拂曉 / 拂晓 (fúxiǎo)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 拂 – see 弼 (“to aid; to assist; to help; assistant; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 弼).

Japanese

Shinjitai	払
Kyūjitai	拂

Kanji

拂

(Jinmeiyō kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 払)

to pay
to clear out

Readings

Go-on: びち (bichi)、ほち (hochi)
Kan-on: ひつ (hitsu)、ふつ (futsu)
Kan’yō-on: ほつ (hotsu)
Kun: はらう (harau, 拂う)

Korean

Etymology 1

From Middle Chinese 拂 (MC phjut).

Hanja

拂 (eumhun 떨칠 불 (tteolchil bul))

hanja form^? of 불 (“shake off, brush away, dust”)

Etymology 2

From Middle Chinese 弼 (MC bit).

Hanja

拂 (eumhun 도울 필 (doul pil))

hanja form^? of 필 (“help, aid, assist”)

Vietnamese

Han character

拂: Hán Nôm readings: phất, phắt, phớt, phứt, phựt

Verb

拂

chữ Hán form of phất (“to hold up and wave (a flag, etc.)”)